Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-23
events however remote. Lord Hastings

-OoL, c4ti tAo very mOuCul. mere IL
wonderful precision in the divine judg-
ments. The universeis only one thought
OF God. Those things which seem frag-
mentaTy and isolated are only different
parts Of that one great thought. How
lar apart seemed these two events-Jo-
seph sold to the Arabian merchants snd
the 1uIership Of Egypt. Yet you see in
what mysterious way God connected
the two in one plan. So all events are
! linked together. You who are seed can
! !ooA BACK ard group together c thousand
/ I2lngs II your life that once seemed iso-
lated. One undivided chain OF events
reached from the garden Of Eden TO the
cross OF Calvary, and thus up 20 heaven.
/ There IS relation between the smallest
insect that huns in the summer sir and
the arChangel on MS throne. God cgn
race dlrec! ancestral line from the blue
/ Iay that last spring built rs nest in q tree
behind the house to some one OF tbsx
flock OF birds which when Noah shoisted
the erk's window, with whirI snd dash
OF bright wings went cut to stag over
Mount Ararst. The tulips that doomed
this summer in the flower bedlwere
nurSed OF last winters snow fskss. The
flrtnerest star on one side Of 'the uni
verse could not look 4
TO THE FURTHERTST T - ,tfz'
star on the other side and sZy: tsYou are
no relation to me-" for from that bright
orb voice Of light would ring across the
heavens responding: eyes, yes; we are
sisters" Sir Sidney Smith in prison yss
playing levn tennis in the yard and the
ball few over the wgll Another ball
containing letters was thrown back. an6
SO communication was opened with the
outside world, and Sidney Smith esceped
IN time 20 defeat BoDaparte's Egyptian
expedition. What e small accident cor
nected with what vast results! ST Robert
Peel from pattern which he drew on the
back Of pewter dinner plate cot sug-
gestiOns Of that which led 10 the
important invention by which calico is
printed. Nothing in Gods universe
swings al loose erds Accidents are
only Gods way Of turning leaf in the
book Of his eternal DEGREES. From our
cradle 10 our grave there is path GIL
marked out. Each event in our life is
connected with every other event in our
HE. Oar l0ss may be the most direct
road to our gain. Our defeats and VIC
tories are twin brothers. The whole di-
rection OF your life TBs changed by some
thing which, at the time. seemed 10 YOU 3
trlht, while some occurrence which
seemed tremendous eff .cted YOU but lii
tie. The Rev. Dr.. Kennedy OF B2sking
Ridge, New Jersey, went iGto his pulpit
one Sabbath and, by g strange freak of
memory, forgot his subject aud forgot
his text aud in great embarrassment
sr32e before his audience end e1ated the
circumstance and declared himself en-
tirely unaole tic preach; then launched
forth IN Q few earnest words Of entreaty
aud warning which resulted in the out
breaking Ct tle mjghtiest revival
OF religIoa ever . known in that
state, = revival OF religion thai lc-
suited In churches still standing and in
the conversion Of large number CT men
who entered the gospel ministry, who
have brought their thousands into
THB KINGDOM OF GOD. =
Gods plans are magnificent beyond 81
He mouids US, turns
and directs Us ana we know Ii not. |
thousands Of years are 10 Him as but
the flight Of shuttle. The most terrific |
occurrence does not make God tremble, |
ard the most triumphant achievement does
not lit him into rapture. That one |
great thought Of God goes on through the |
centuries, and nations rise and fall, snd |
fall and cra3 pass, and the world itself |
but God still keeps the undi- |
N-ded mystery, linking event to event and |
century to century. TO God they are all
one event, one history, one plan, one de-
Velopment, one system. Great ard mar
Vicious are thy works, Lord God AL |
mighty.
Furthermore: we learn from this story
: \ ~ - lr,-
DUNG seven years OF plenty Joseph pre- |
pared for the famine. II is seldom that |
man passes through life without st least |
seven years OF plenty. During these seven !
years cur business beers q rich harvest. |
Gou hardly know where slI the moEeV |
comes from, 1t comes 50 fast, Every bsr-
gain Gu make seems TO turn into gold. |
You contract few DAd debts. You are IS
founded with large dividends. You in |
vest more and mCTe capital. You won !
der how men Can oe content with G small |
business gathering in only hundred del |
lars where YOU reap your thousands. These |
are the seven years CT plenty. Nov, |
Joseph, Is. the time 10 prepare for lam !
Inc, Tor to almost every man there do |
come seven wears OF famine. You VIII |
be sick; you will be unfortunate; ecu
will be deirauded; you VIII be disSp-
you will be OLE, erd if you have |
10 sforehOuse upon which 70 fan back |
you may be fsmine-shuCk. We have no |
aamITGtio2 OF this denying ones self OF |
ALL PRESENT COMFORT
and luxury Tor the mere pleasure Of |
boarding no. this grasplng for the mere
pleasure OF seeing how large pile you
can get, this always being poor and |
cr2mped because as soon as 8 dollar |
comes in it is sent out 10 see If it can,
find smother dollar TO carry home on its
back; but there is al intelligent end no.
Bile minded forecast which we love 80 see
in mea WHO hsve families and kindred
dependent upon them for the blessings Of
and home. God sends US to
the insects for q lesson, which, While
they do rot stint themselves in tie pres
eat, 60 not forget 10 forestsu the future:
''Go to the ant, thou sluggcrd, consider
Ter ways and be wise, which, having no
guide, overseeT, or ruler, provtdeth
her meat in the summer
and gathereth her food in the hsr-
vest" Now there sre two wsYs
Of laying up money; the one by investing
It in stock AID depositing it i'll banks end |
losning it on bond and mortgage. The |
other way OF lsyiEg up money Is giving it
sway. He is the safest who makes both
OF these investments. But the man who !
devotes none of his gsin to the cause of |
Christ and thinks only OF his own comfort
and luxury, is not safe, don't care how
his money is invested. He acted IS the |
rose if it should say: az will hold mvE
breath Snd no one shall have snatch Off
fragrance from me until next week, and